← Feed

Posts

• View post

  Had a little excitement on the drive into town yesterday. There was an injured bird in the road, but luckily someone stopped and was attempting to capture the bird to take it into the vet. She got the bird off the road, but I'm not sure what happened after that. #bird #nature #colorado #mountains #wildlife

• View post

  About time for the winter shoes. These have one season left, then I'll need to replace them (haven't settled on a tire yet, but probably not Wrangler ATs again). I did see a 1.3 MPG increase with the skinner summer tires! That saved me, uh, 6-ish gallons of gas, or about $35. ...lucky me I already had the summer tires from another project! And really, the big thing here is that I can now put off a $1k+ tire purchase until next October. Next up is to clean, service, and test th...

• View post

  Reached down to pet my dog and I accidentally poked her in the eye. I am a monster! #pet #dog

• View post

  Started taking a B complex supplement and *holy shit* do I feel better! Early afternoon brain fog is gone, I'm sleeping a little better, and I'm waking up quicker in the mornings. I've only been taking this for about a week, so to see these kinds of results so quickly is awesome! Now, the bad news: the only B complex supplement I could find locally had crazy high dosages. Like 400-1200% of the assorted B vitamins per dose (not suitable for my needs; potentially dangerous...

• View post

  "Please... my skin... please return my skin" Long story short, I fixed one of these about a week ago and then saw another one for sale super cheap so I bought it AND it had a bad button too. So, I'm doing the same repair twice! I was kind of curious how much stuff I could remove and still have a working controller, turns out it's this much stuff (I could pull the LCD too, but that made for a boring picture; the shoulder buttons and triggers attach to the same...

• View post

  My dad (who never asks for gifts) has made it known he wants a digital photo frame as a holiday gift this year. I'm doing my own research here, but I'd love recommendations if anyone has them! A couple key requirements: 1. Must be functional without an Internet connection (by which I mean it must display and auto cycle through photos at a minimum; physical buttons or a touch screen would be ideal). 2. High quality screen. Think like 1600x1200 on a 10-12" frame, with good color rep...

• View post

  Random question: for folks using screen readers, how does the "degree" symbol work? Specifically: ° I'm trying to be better about alt text. Does it work better to say "100 degrees Fahrenheit", or does "100 °F" present the same way? Is "100 deg F" an acceptable abbreviation? I welcome input here, especially from folks that use screen readers daily. Again, just trying to be better where I can. #screenreader #ui #accessibility #question #advice

• View post

  Gimme their contact info immediately plz. #joke #arcade #game #golf

• View post

  2B, what have they done to you?? Or maybe this is an origin story. #nierAutomata #joke #android #recycling

• View post

  Looks like I'm giving dating on Mastodon a shot! Truly, the swiss army knife of social media platforms. (Yes I'm being serious lol). #mastodon #dating

• View post

  Stopped by Rino Country Club in Denver. I found the bathroom graffiti especially comforting. No idea who the artist is, sadly. #graffiti #furry #art #bathroom

• View post

  Okay, *this* is a cool piece of kit! Soviet-era nightvision scope, redistributed via Harbor Freight of all places circa 1997-2000. It's pretty old tech, but just needed a fresh 9V battery and it seems to be working (tried it in a dark closet, waiting on it to get dark outside to try it there too). It comes with an IR illuminator (not pictured) but sadly the AA batteries in the illuminator exploded so I'll have to do some cleaning and possibly repair there. I have some other cool hardwa...

• View post

  Fuck's sake, Ford. Do better. #ui #ux #ford #badDesign #cars

• View post

  My favorite video genre is "thing that sounds like the drum break from "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins". Example:

• View post

  "Videogames are unrealistic representations of reality." Yeah but #furry #collar #gaming #game #lutris #cat #videogames

• View post

  I'm still trying to reclaim space in my workshop! Four things for sale this time: 1. Nintendo 3DS XL with Circle Pad Pro 2. Anbernic Win600 with CachyOS installed 3. Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop (no OS) 4. Macbook Air 2018 A1932 with macOS and CachyOS This will be a thread with a detailed post about each item; please respond publicly if you're interested in an item (so folks have an idea if there's someone else ahead of them), and we can take the conversation to DMs...

• View post

  Someone had to do it. With apologies to Randall Munroe (XKCD 387). #goose #finance #ai #xkcd

• View post

  @lexfeathers@tenforward.social "We don't all feel the same about AI" Kinda... kinda looks like we do?

• View post

  Him sploot. #dog #sploot #doggo #animal #pet

• View post

  Finally got my old Pioneer stereo set up! This actually used to belong to my dad; he took it to college with him. I did the same thing, but when I moved to Colorado it sat in storage for over a decade. Pioneer TX-9100, SA-9100, and CT-F9191. Now it's back with me in Colorado! Clearly needs some work (right channel cuts in and out a bit, and when audio does come through it's quieter than the left channel). Also could stand to be cleaned, I need some RCA cables to hook the tape d...

• View post

  Being pan is great because I've managed to fumble relationships with men, women, AND enby folks. I've experienced the full spectrum of dating failure. An absolute cornucopia of misses the likes of which most folks can't even imagine. While you were thinking about asking out your crush, I was getting dumped by an ethereal being via interpretive dance. Wouldn't trade it, but I've got some bark on me, is what I'm saying. #pan #pansexual #dating #rel...

• View post

  Get fucked. #tesla #cybertruck #asshole #parking

• View post

  Passenger side suspension on the '96 Dakota is fully disassembled! Asenzi will be welding the front LCA mount again, so I'm hitting everything with degreaser and a fresh coat of rustoleum while I wait. This side should go together *much* faster! I had to do a lot of customization, measurement, testing, etc. on the driver's side, but I made notes and I should have all my parts ready for the passenger side. Probably looking at a long afternoon to get everything together....

• View post

  Teamwork! Asenzi welded up my bracket this morning, so I got to put the rest of the suspension together. The torsion bar gave me some trouble (as always) but everything else went together smoothly. I have three nuts left to tighten, four cotter pins to install, and we have to replace the fitting on the body-side brake line. Then of course I'll need to put some miles on the truck to get everything settled, and tighten everything down again. THEN I'll have to figure out how to mo...

• View post

  To build a following on Mastodon: 1. Do elaborate market research 2. Define core demographic groups you want to reach 3. Develop a strategy to reach your primary and secondary audiences 4. Build a list of hashtags and an internal ruleset for use 5. Ensure brand consistency with stylesheets, a language guide, and content examples 7. Forget about all that shit and post pictures of cute animals #tip #tips #mastodon

• View post

  This one wants to know why I'm cluttering up the woods with patio furniture. Sorry fren, it was windy! #fox #nature #wildlife #colorado #outdoors

• View post

  Saved a Lenovo 20TG from the dump a couple weeks ago. Wiped and installed Linux Mint, which works well for the most part. There's not much Linux support for the external eink display, but I did find a driver here: https://github.com/LizardKing00/thinkbook-eink Now, this driver comes with a system monitor tool, but I wanted the orientation flipped around AND some furry art on there (what's the point of a display if it's not showing furry art, I ask you). Fortunately, the...

• View post

  Flashback to the time I accidentally submitted an MLP birthday fic I wrote for a friend instead of my resume. I didn't get the job. #resume #work #hiring #employment #email #mlp

• View post

  Neighbor had some trees down over his driveway, so I just walked over and took care of them (after telling him I would do it, of course, always good to get permission before wielding power tools on someone else's property). Feels nice to lend someone a paw! #trees #colorado #weather #wind #neighborhood #community

• View post

  Was about to brush my teeth when I spotted this absolute unit walking around outside. There are (were) a bunch of young Aspens on that side of the house, which is a favorite snack food for moose. I don't understand how any Aspen trees survive to maturity out here. My usual warning: DO NOT approach moose in the wild! They seem very docile, until they get upset and charge. Adults can weigh as much as a small car, and they can move faster than you. Luckily I was safely inside, but you&amp...